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   Alan K. to Edmund   
   Re: How to set a default internet browse   
   02 Nov 25 14:39:33   
   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 11/2/25 12:46 PM, Edmund wrote:   
   > How to set a default internet browser Mint 22.2   
   > Our cut & paste clowns screwed it up AGAIN!!!   
   >   
   > Previous I could fix it in a default.list but this file is nowhere to be   
   > found in 22.2   
   open the menu, type preferred ... pick preferred applications.   
      
   I find however, if you have an html document on your drive, I right click and   
   pick 'open   
   as' and then pick 'other' and pick the browser  you want.  Then click the make   
   default.   
   This is the "hit it with a hammer" method.   
      
   --   
   Linux Mint 22.2,  Mozilla Thunderbird 140.4.0esr,  Mozilla Firefox 144.0.2   
        Alan K.   
      
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